Courses
MGMT-203 Legal Environ of Business (3)
A study of those aspects of law which affect business organizations. This includes development of a legal foundation leading to an understanding of the law in today’s society. Basic legal principles are emphasized.
Attributes: NLIB PLAWMGMT-211 Managing Organiz Behavior (3)
This course covers the behavior of individuals, teams, and organizations as a whole and the manager’s role at each level. Employee motivation, leadership, decision-making, and the design of the organization to meet internal and external requirements are covered. Special attention is given to interpersonal communication and conflict, diversity, and empowerment in teams. Cases, exercises, and simulations are used.
Attributes: NLIBMGMT-312 International Bus Mgmt (3)
This course explores the international environment of business and the nature and form of international business arrangements. Topics covered include: cultural differences; leadership and motivation; legal and economic systems; marketing; human resource management, including the human dynamics of international enterprise; international trade, investment, and phasing in of international activities; foreign currencies; and regional integration. Modes of servicing foreign markets and issues relevant to international strategic management are also considered. The course is designed to integrate the functional aspects of management education into an international perspective.
Attributes: ISFS NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Junior, SeniorMGMT-328 Process Management (3)
The course provides a comprehensive understanding of key Lean Methodology topics. Lean is a key process improvement methodology that is used in all industries regardless of size to remove waste and variation from all business processes. Concepts taught in this class are recognized globally and can be applied to any process in any business setting. Students will learn through a series of lectures, textbook readings, book reports, business simulation exercises, and guest speakers to enhance practical learning of the course curriculum.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Certificate Student, Junior, SeniorMGMT-340 Leading Change (3)
Organizational leadership is practiced on a micro-level as an influence process between individuals and teams. On a macro-level, organizational leadership is a process of transforming institutional culture to ensure the survival and prosperity of the organization. This course addresses values, concepts, and skills related to effective leadership at both levels.
Attributes: NLIBMGMT-342 The Learning Organization (3)
The term “learning organization” stands for an ideal, an organization in which assumptions are examined, ideas are tested, and experimentation is encouraged so that the “work” place and the “learning” place become integrated. This course examines how organizations overcome resistance to change and facilitate individual and institutional learning.
Attributes: NLIBMGMT-345 Applied Mgmt Research (3)
This course builds skills for defining researchable questions, which arise in managing organizations and human resources, and for data collection, analysis, and interpretation for answering those questions. The course emphasizes application of skills, as students are required to research a question they have formulated.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: ECON-221 D- OR MATH-112C D- OR MATH-120C D- OR MSTI-130C D- OR MATH-130C D- OR PSYC-201 D- OR SOCI-280C D-MGMT-346 Leadership Not for Profit (3)
The course introduces students to issues of leadership that are uniquely associated with running and managing not-for-profit organizations, such as hospitals, charitable organizations, schools and governmental bodies. The course material is supplemented with guest lecturers who are former or current leaders in Rochester-area not-for-profit organizations.
Attributes: NLIBMGMT-357 Info Tech Management (3)
This course examines the development and application of information technology (IT) resources in organizations. The conceptual foundations of IT are surveyed and relevant advances are addressed. The course prepares students to be significant contributors to the implementation of organizational information systems both within and outside their functional areas and to participate in the design and redesign of business processes being automated. Issues related to the integration of IT in the social climate of business organizations are addressed from domestic and international perspectives. Includes in-class laboratory assignments, as well as independent/group mini-projects.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: CSCI-150 D-MGMT-409 Operations Management (3)
This course involves the study of the operational and managerial issues encountered in the production of goods and services. Topics include productivity and competitiveness, total quality, product and process (technology) development, capacity planning and facility location, production planning, inventory control, and project and service scheduling. Students will be introduced to the use of quantitative and qualitative techniques as decision-making and problem-solving tools for operations managers.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: ECON-106C D- AND ECON-221 D- AND MSTI-130C D- OR MATH-130C D- OR MATH-112C D- OR MATH-120C D-MGMT-428 Fundamentals of Sourcing (3)
This is an introductory course on sourcing (i.e., purchasing). Students will learn the various job duties, skills, and attributes needed in today’s purchasing world. This class will teach students negotiation skills, analysis of sourcing deals, and cutting-edge purchasing techniques needed in today’s business environment. Students will develop an understanding of the demands placed on purchasing professionals and comprehend the impact of sourcing on the competitive success and profitability of modern organizations.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Junior, SeniorMGMT-432 Strategic Management (3)
Strategic Management is the “capstone course” for Business students and provides the students with the opportunity to integrate knowledge gained from previous studies. The strategic management process includes the determination of mission and objectives; analysis of environment; strategy formulation and selection; taking action; and evaluation and control. Issues of globalization, ethics, restructuring, and total quality are addressed in the course. In addition to lectures and discussions, students are required to analyze ‘real-world” business cases and design a project to meet a specific managerial need of an organization. The cases and the team project are written and presented in the class.
Attributes: NLIB ZCAP
Pre-requisites: MGMT-211 D- AND MKTG-221 D- AND FINA-315 D-
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Certificate Student, SeniorMGMT-450 Entrepreneurship (3)
This course examines the tools, practices, and concepts of entrepreneurship. This class will provide students with an overview of business creation, giving them foundational understanding of writing a business plan, raising venture capital, and growing a new venture. There will be a hands-on approach to understanding how new ventures grow and develop as well as looking at success stories. The course material will be supplemented with discussion and presentations from local and national entrepreneurs as well as the business professionals that contribute to their success.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Excluding: -Class: FreshmanMGMT-453 Project Management (3)
This course introduces modern techniques for planning, scheduling, reporting, controlling, and managing information systems projects. The project life cycle is analyzed and concepts in creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), project team roles and responsibilities, risk and contingency budgeting, resource allocation and scheduling, Gantt charts, network diagrams, status reporting, project control, and communications issues are introduced. Students use MS Project software to plan a project and monitor its progress.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: MGMT-357 D-
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Junior, SeniorMGMT-461 Marketing Information Systems (3)
This course helps students develop a comprehensive understanding of both the theory and practice of marketing information systems. It explores the nature of electronic commerce and its future prospects and affords an opportunity to apply concepts to real-world situations.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: (MGMT-221 D- OR MKTG-221 D-) AND MGMT-357 D-MGMT-475 Washington DC-Internship (6 TO 9)
Washington Experience semester is offered through The Washington Center. Permission of the advisor, department chair, and the TWC liaison (Dr. Monica Cherry) is required to register.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Junior, SeniorMGMT-476 Washington DC-Seminar (3 TO 6)
Washington Experience semester is offered through The Washington Center. Permission of the advisor, department chair, and the TWC liaison (Dr. Monica Cherry) is required to register.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Junior, SeniorMGMT-477 Washington DC-Forum (1 TO 3)
Washington Experience semester is offered through The Washington Center. Permission of the advisor, department chair, and the TWC liaison (Dr. Monica Cherry) is required to register.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Junior, SeniorMGMT-493 Career-Bound Seniors (0)
This non-credit elective course provides senior management majors with assistance in the job search process. Students meet periodically in free period with an experienced faculty mentor who gives career-guidance assistance and socioemotional support. Students are also expected to participate in Career Services programming which includes a resume workshop, mock interviews, and career fairs. Graded S/U.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Management -Class: SeniorMGMT-496 Independent Study (1 TO 3)
Independent studies allow students and faculty to work on a special topic or project of mutual interest. This option is typically restricted to seniors. A complete plan of study, signed by both the student and the faculty member who has agreed to oversee the work, should be supplied to the chair of the Management Department for approval. Completion of the Independent Study/Tutorial Authorization form is required.
Attributes: NLIB